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- • A 7«, • » .-•■• ¿»i«"«1'"1 "•■***■'»' A ie. 6, 1997 • T he P ortl and O bserver Robinson gets cited for drugs M ets Harnisch returns New York Mets right hander Pete Harnisch, who overcame a bout with depression and has not pitched since O p e n ing Day, returns to the mound tonight to face the St. Louis Cardi IS ‘J 19 nals . IF Michael Johnson goes for gold at World Track Championships Michael Johnson seeks his second straight world title and leads a large American contin gent in the finals of the m e n ’s 400 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in < I 5JÓ J n*l Athens. Elway to undergo MRI on bicep today ' È Denver Broncos Quar terback John Elway is scheduled to undergo an MRI today to determine the extent of an arm injury suffered in a preseason loss to the Miami Dolphins Monday night in Mexico City. Elway injured his right bicep while throwing a pass in the first quar ter and did not return. ess than 24 hours alter police stopped his Humvee with a roadblock on the downtown Portland waterfront, NBA tree agent Clifford Robinson wor ried about his image and wondered it it was really necessary for officers to take such extreme measures. Robinson, in a telephone confer ence call with reporters Thursday, also said the small amount of mari juana found by police in the vehicle was not his' lie told The Oregonian that it belonged to his brother. lores. "If you look and see how wide that Hummer is. the marijuana was found in the passenger door armrest. Robinson said. "If it was mine, I don’t see why I would put it all the way over there. " Police eited Robinson for pos session of less than an ounce ol marijuana because it was found in his vehicle. Robinson was driving. His brother and two friends were riding inside. Police said they used a "high-risk strategy to stop the Humvee on Wednesday evening after receiving reports that a man in the vehicle had L COME SEE THE BEEPER MAN AT Music Galore 8c Galore Paging Bears sign free agent Vince Buck The Chicago Bears today signed free agent safety Vince Buck, who was waived by the New O r leans Saints in June 1996 and sat out last season. Buck ap peared in 84 games from 1990-95 with the Saints, starting 64, and re cording 354 tackles and 10 interceptions. P ager A ctivation S pecial ■ i ~ ¡ L a “ w even’ to money toe Castor Seals Society o f Oregon. Hard-hitting prodigies Anna Kournikova of R u s sia and Venus Williams of the United States battle their elders at the $450,000 Acura Clas sic in Los Angeles. Mantilla reaches second round I ^op seed Felix Mantilla >f Spain narrowly d e feated unseeded Rich- ird Fromberg of Austra lia, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7- j) , today in an opening natch at the $475,000 San Marino Interna tional claycourt tour nament in Italy, yiantilla has captured three ATP Tour titles in 1997, winning three of his last four events (Bologna, Gstaad, Umag) , and will next meet the winner of an all-Italian match b e tween wild card Omar Camporese and Davide Sanguinetti . This Advertising W e B uy U sed P agers & C ell P hones at the Hitlsboroftirpon »ere on an .nvnahnn only basis, but viewing was free to the general public. Young guns in action Acura Classic tennis Activate Any Pager for 3 Mos. 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"But at the same time, they shouldn't treat me like I'm getting ready to pull a gun on som eone when that s the last thing on my mind. The only gun I own is a paintball gun. Robinson said police ordered him and the other three to hold up their hands and slowly hack out ot the vehicle. They were told to lie down on the ground and were handculled. Madison said officersdid not know it was Robinson until he got out ol the vehicle, and it wouldn't have made any difference it they had known. Oto AMy M 32I3 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97212 Mon.-Sun. 9-7:30 F E S T IV A L Si Habla Espanol 503-288-9180 At, Äitien, OMOAV, AUaUJT 17, « TO 8 PM has been reserved lor you. Call 288-0033 TAX ADVANTAGE A simple new guide to your max tax return & example of how to file. Get back all that the Govt, owes you! Send MO0® to: TAX SECRETS . P0 Box 56595 Portland, OR 97238-6595 Cathedral Park/Under the St. Johns Bridge Donations encouraged/Children free Mwie, F»»X. 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